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10 Best Movies Like Doctor Dolittle

If you loved Doctor Dolittle, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bird

Bird

1988★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries t...

#2
The Buddy Holly Story

The Buddy Holly Story

1978★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invi...

#3
Frankenstein Created Woman

Frankenstein Created Woman

1967★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul i...

#4
A Flea in Her Ear

A Flea in Her Ear

1968★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act....

#5
The Fall of Minneapolis

The Fall of Minneapolis

2023★ 9.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Based on Liz Collin’s Amazon bestseller, “They’re Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd,” which exposes the holes in the prevailing narrative surrounding George...

#6
Smiley

Smiley

2012★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Dolittle for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her...